“In the 1990s, scientists found the first clues that cells from both sons and daughters can escape from the uterus and spread through a mother’s body. They called the phenomenon fetal microchimerism, after the chimera, a monster from Greek mythology that was part lion, goat and dragon.”

I read a horrific story about a woman who was murdered by her boyfriend in an unspeakable and incredibly violent way. (Seriously on the level of Jack the Ripper) I do not recommend seeking this story out, as it has still affected me over a week after reading about it, but I needed to address the idea of this violent crime and it’s horrific nature being hands down an issue of hatred of women and their bodies. Here is something I needed to write, as I need this woman’s murder talked about. I need people to see this violence as a symptom of a systematic social problem. Misogyny at its most gruesome.